Portland S Interurban Railway

Author : Richard Martin Thompson
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 130 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : History
ISBN : 9780738596174

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Portland's Interurban Railway by Richard Martin Thompson Pdf

At the end of the 19th century, Portland led the nation in the development of interurban electric railways. The city became the hub of an electric rail network that spread throughout the Willamette Valley. This is the story of the pioneering local railways that started it all as they built south along the Willamette River to Oregon City and east to Estacada and Bull Run in the foothills of the Cascade Mountains. More than 200 historic images illustrate Portland's Interurban Railway from its rudimentary beginnings through the peak years, when passengers rode aboard the finest examples of the car builders' art, to the sudden end in 1958.

Author : Richard Thompson
Publisher : Arcadia Library Editions
Page : 130 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2012-12-03
Category : History
ISBN : 1531664970

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Portland's Interurban Railway by Richard Thompson Pdf

At the end of the 19th century, Portland led the nation in the development of interurban electric railways. The city became the hub of an electric rail network that spread throughout the Willamette Valley. This is the story of the pioneering local railways that started it all as they built south along the Willamette River to Oregon City and east to Estacada and Bull Run in the foothills of the Cascade Mountains. More than 200 historic images illustrate Portland's Interurban Railway from its rudimentary beginnings through the peak years, when passengers rode aboard the finest examples of the car builders' art, to the sudden end in 1958.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 82 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 1937
Category : Electric railroads
ISBN : STANFORD:36105128526162

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Electric Railroads by Anonim Pdf

Author : George Woodman Hilton,John Fitzgerald Due
Publisher : Stanford University Press
Page : 500 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 1964
Category : Transportation
ISBN : 0804740143

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The Electric Interurban Railways in America by George Woodman Hilton,John Fitzgerald Due Pdf

One of the most colorful yet neglected eras in American transportation history is re-created in this definitive history of the electric interurbans. Built with the idea of attracting short-distance passenger traffic and light freight, the interurbans were largely constructed in the early 1900s. The rise of the automobile and motor transport caused the industry to decline after World War I, and the depression virtually annihilated the industry by the middle 1930s. Part I describes interurban construction, technology, passenger and freight traffic, financial history, and final decline and abandonment. Part II presents individual histories (with route maps) of the more than 300 companies of the interurban industry. Reviews "A first-rate work of such detail and discernment that it might well serve as a model for all corporate biographies. . . . A wonderfully capable job of distillation." —Trains "Few economic, social, and business historians can afford to miss this definitive study." —Mississippi Valley Historical Review "All seekers after nostalgia will be interested in this encyclopedic volume on the days when the clang, clang of the trolley was the most exciting travel sound the suburbs knew." —Harper's Magazine "A fascinating and instructive chapter in the history of American transportation." —Journal of Economic History "The hint that behind the grand facade of scholarship lies an expanse of boyish enthusiasm is strengthened by a lovingly amassed and beautifully reproduced collection of 37 photographs." —The Nation

Author : Osmond Richard Cummings
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 88 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 1967
Category : Portland-Lewiston Interurban Railroad Co
ISBN : OCLC:8447088

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Portland-Lewiston Interurban by Osmond Richard Cummings Pdf

Author : Edwin D. Culp
Publisher : Caxton Press
Page : 204 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 1987
Category : History
ISBN : 0870043145

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Early Oregon Days by Edwin D. Culp Pdf

Distributed by the University of Nebraska Press for Caxton Press How did people travel in the good old days? Ed Culp traces the history of transportation in the West, particularly into Oregon. Old photos, maps, drawings, advertisements and transportation schedules illustrate how improvements were made, with emphasis on the development of the railroad.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1392 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 1911
Category : Electric apparatus and appliances
ISBN : CUB:U183026579475

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Electrical Review and Western Electrician by Anonim Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 712 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 1970
Category : Railroads
ISBN : IND:30000090518766

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Annual Report on Transport Statistics in the United States for the Year Ended ... by Anonim Pdf

Author : United States. Interstate Commerce Commission. Bureau of Accounts
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 776 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 1966
Category : Railroads
ISBN : UOM:39015021316933

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Annual Report on Transport Statistics in the United States by United States. Interstate Commerce Commission. Bureau of Accounts Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1374 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 1907-07
Category : Electric engineering
ISBN : UOM:39015080265120

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Electrical World by Anonim Pdf

Author : United States. Army. Corps of Engineers. War Department
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 342 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 1921
Category : Electronic
ISBN : STANFORD:36105127307846

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Power Situation During the War ... by United States. Army. Corps of Engineers. War Department Pdf

Author : United States. Army. Corps of Engineers,Charles Keller
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 344 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 1921
Category : Electric power-plants
ISBN : UOM:39015068113086

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The Power Situation During the War by United States. Army. Corps of Engineers,Charles Keller Pdf

Author : United States. Interstate Commerce Commission. Bureau of Transport Economics and Statistics
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 558 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 1956
Category : Railroads
ISBN : UOM:39015024485180

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Annual Report on the Statistics of Railways in the United States by United States. Interstate Commerce Commission. Bureau of Transport Economics and Statistics Pdf

1921-1942 contain abstracts of periodical reports.

Author : Richard Thompson
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 132 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2008-01-01
Category : History
ISBN : 0738556017

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Willamette Valley Railways by Richard Thompson Pdf

Willamette Valley Railways tells the story of the electric interurban railways that ran through Oregon's Willamette Valley and of the streetcars that operated in the towns they served. Long before modern light rail vehicles, electric trains were providing Portland and the Willamette Valley with reliable, elegant transportation that was second to none. Between 1908 and 1915, two large systems, the Oregon Electric Railway and the Southern Pacific Red Electrics, joined smaller competitors constructing railways throughout the region. Portland became the hub of an impressive interurban network in a frenzy of electric railway building. Yet all too soon, this brief but glorious interurban era was over. Highway improvement and the growth of automobile ownership made electric passenger trains unprofitable in the sparsely populated valley. By the early 1930s, the company that had launched the nation's first true interurban was the only one still offering passenger service here.

Author : United States. Interstate Commerce Commission
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 946 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 1927
Category : Interstate commerce
ISBN : UIUC:30112105101205

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Interstate Commerce Commission Reports by United States. Interstate Commerce Commission Pdf